The company provides medical services, in particular in the field of ophthalmology. The company may assume representations and enter into participations that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose or that concern the investment and management of the company's assets. The company may acquire, sell and use patents, licenses and other intellectual property. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, utilize, sell and manage real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company is part of a group of companies and may consider the interests of this group in pursuing its corporate purpose. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, possibly also without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, to the exclusion of the company's profit motive and with the assumption of cluster risks.